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Samsung to mass produce industry’s first 12Gb mobile DRAM

September 9, 2015
This photo, released by South Korea's top tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. on Sept. 9, 2015, shows the industry's first 12-gigabit (Gb) Low Power Double Data Rate 4 (LPDDR4) mobile dynamic random access memory (DRAM). (Yonhap)

This photo, released by South Korea’s top tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. on Sept. 9, 2015, shows the industry’s first 12-gigabit (Gb) Low Power Double Data Rate 4 (LPDDR4) mobile dynamic random access memory (DRAM). (Yonhap)

SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea’s top tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it plans to begin mass production of the industry’s first 12-gigabit (GB) mobile dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chip, which boasts a sharp improvement in speed and capacity.

Samsung Electronics said the 12GB Low Power Double Data Rate 4 (LPDDR4), based on its 20-nanometer production technology, will boast speed that is 30 percent faster than the preceding 8GB model, and consume 20 percent less energy.

The full-fledged mass production of the latest model will start later this year, Samsung said.

Samsung said the latest development has allowed the company to tap deeper into the high-capacity mobile DRAM market amid soaring demand from flagship smartphones and tablet PCs.

The company said it is capable of building a 6-gigabyte (GB) mobile DRAM by combining four 12GB chips, which will provide an improved environment to run high-end content such as Ultra HD videos on smartphones.

The 6GB-package also boasts the same size as the current 3GB package, providing manufacturers of smart devices with more leeway in design and production.